I'm having a blast with my new Spark shooter. It's fun and easy and I reckon it's a fun toy for kids, teenagers and most likely grown ups as well. Easy as pie to make. All pictures taken with the Em-5.

Here's the inactions...

Ingredients:

Egg whisk
Piece of Rope
Fine Steel wool (the stuff you can get at the hardware shop)

Step 1. Attach the rope onto the whisk (45mm @ 1.8)

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Step 2. Stuff the whisk with steel wool. Fairly tight, you'll get to know how much after a few goes. (45mm @ 1.8)

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To fire it up you can use a gas lighter or stick it into a fire until it catches on. The trick is to spin it as soon as it catches to force the air through it. Air rushing through the fine steel strands fuels the flame and the steel burns red hot. The spinning also serves to distribute the sparks over the nearby area. The results are awesome!

So how did the conversation go this time? 'Hey Mum I have this amazing project where I stuff your whisk with steel wool, tie it to a length of your clothes line, set it alight and then twirl it round my head' 'Sounds amazing Son, it's ok for the kids but don't let the grown ups near it ... the whisk is in the top kitchen drawer'